Discovery of Miocene whale fall fauna from India: Taphonomy and palaeoecology of a vertebrate-invertebrate assemblage
Article Type
Research Article
Publication Title
Historical Biology
Abstract
Hitherto unreported whale fall fauna has been found from the Lower Miocene of Khari Nadi Formation of Kutch, India.This vertebrate-invertebrate assemblage comprises jumbled up bone fragments of different parts of the whale along with molluscs and echinoids. Some representatives in this assemblage are characteristic whale fall fauna and some are characteristic shallow marine fauna. The molluscs belong to the families Buccinidae, Provannidae, Naticidae, Turritellidae, Borsoniidae, Volutidae, Haminoeidae, Cypraeidae, Strombidae, Rostelleriidae, Cassidae, Osteridae, Veneridae, Astartidae and the echinoids to family Spatangidae and Schizasteridae. The present study reveals that the deposition of this entire assemblage was in a shallow marine environment and also sheds some light on the molluscan association related to a whale fall from the western Indian sea waters in the Lower Miocene.
DOI
10.1080/08912963.2024.2405057
Publication Date
1-1-2024
Recommended Citation
Goswami, Pritha; Das, Shiladri S.; and Panja, Shanta, "Discovery of Miocene whale fall fauna from India: Taphonomy and palaeoecology of a vertebrate-invertebrate assemblage" (2024). Journal Articles. 4714.
https://digitalcommons.isical.ac.in/journal-articles/4714